the company, new mountain corporation is a private equity firm started by steve, a very successful investor in private equity. the business development company makes loans in the middle market, that's sorely underserved part, still not come back from that. they are the future of the shadow banking system. given how their process works and careful analytics it's a great play on total return basis between dividend and appreciation. ashley: perfect. dan, thank you so much. three good picks. thank you for being here. he's been with us for the hour. the closing bell in about six minutes, dow on track to close up, well, it's up 64 points. can it hang in there? the one stock whose shares are flying high today. we'll be right back. ♪ ashley: shares flying high, up more than 3% as options activity picks up steam on the bullish side. delta leading the airline sector followed by u.s. airways, southwest, and united continental. the airline sector good today all pointing higher. delta up 3%, u.s. airways up 2.68% in a market that's starting to lose steam just a little heading towards the end, up tripp